The Atheist Experience 864 with Russell Glasser and John Iacoletti

[@LPCLASSICAL]

Max should go and pray for some people in palliative care and save them - not people with non life threatening conditions like IBS which come and go.

[@fblau]

I loved the technique of asking Max what HIS standard for a miracle was... but they let him gish gallop along when he admitted that even his account didn't meet HIS OWN definition... and they also let slide his bit about "they must not have believed".... If it is "command" healing, what the hell does the recipients belief have to do with it?

[@bafbegagglestick6241]

Ok as someone with ibs who knows others with it as well I can tell you it’s the classification they give when they’ve tested for everything else and it’s not any of those. It can often be somatic, and if the victim has ibs related to stress and anxiety and you do something to relive them of that it can help. This is like how technically praying a cave makes you more likely to be rescued, but only because it keeps you calm.

[@unit0033]

yeah max was crazy and doesnt seem to know anything about IBS

[@Tulkas_Arg]

Erik really should calm down with the Redbulls...

[@dcxxxx]

The plural of anecdote is NOT data. 48:16 Russell hits another out of the park!

[@ryanspangler4569]

I love Jon, he’s a no nonsense type of guy

[@tedgrant2]

All morals come from humans. There is no other source. Suppose you refer to a book to get your morals, which is a strange thing to do. You know that humans write books, yeah? Personally, before I ever read a book, I had already learned a lot of morals.

[@strategic1710]

The story of Abraham is cool, as long as it remains a story in an old book that Christians can just talk about. The second it’s brought to real life and it’s implications hit home though is when the mental gymnastics start.

[@stevegale5426]

tell Max to heal people in the hospitals

[@unit0033]

he couldnt heel a cold

[@HeardFromMeFirst]

Max..a "confused zealot looking to argue"...😂😂😂 Max....are you still out there ?

[@FourDeuce01]

Max is another of those religious apologists who li it was to talk fast because he doesn’t want to give anybody time to challenge his claims.

[@sternwheeler]

Max does miracles? Ohhhh, I know this guy. He was able to help my friend Westley when he was mostly dead.

[@piecrumbs9951]

lmao

[@BrianBattles]

Max will fall for anything, I'd love to sell him some oceanfront property in Nebraska

[@jameswest8280]

Tiger is really Penn Jillette.

[@suburban-vampire]

Erik from Ellicott, what a call LOL

[@chrisfroehler5315]

Patrick - Minneapolis, MN 49:58

[@piecrumbs9951]

Tiger is the best atheist caller I've ever heard

[@Anna92781]

I have IBS and sometimes it’s just better, then it comes back. But it’s not a constant.

[@88feji]

True, IBS can suddenly go away overnight when the trigger factor (that causes the irritation) is removed, and it can be simply things like feeling less stressed out emotionally, having a healthier diet, etc ... this caller should do more research on the subject before calling ... many cases of IBS is easily treated ... most likely that person felt better due to the placebo effect of believing that the church is healing her, it makes her less stressful which in turns alleviates the trigger stress causing the IBS in the first place ...

[@chrisfroehler5315]

Steven - Morganton, GA 5:52

[@shanehutchinson6350]

11:08 was probably the most awkward 17 seconds in TAE history. 😄

[@LPCLASSICAL]

It followed on from a point which I think Russel did a bad job of rebutting - Steven's assertion that Russel telling Steven his god does not exist is the same as Steven telling Russel his mother does not exist since Russel knows and loves his mother and Steven knows and loves god. Russel's next question should have been "In what way do you know god?" He made another point which Steven could not reply to and the discussion ground to a halt.

[@sumo1203]

Got any hard data Max? We’ll wait...

[@unit0033]

he clearly knows nothing about IBS

[@chrisfroehler5315]

Dave - Chicago, IL 18:12

[@jameswest8280]

God absolutely does not think killing is wrong.

[@chakuseki]

Erik sounds manic, or on speed

[@MrBozoOzo]

Erik need to relax 😂 trying to talk as fast as possible

[@chrisfroehler5315]

Erik - Ellicott City, MD 23:30

[@trishayamada807]

Mother Theresa was EVIL.

[@MrBBOTP]

Wow, uhhhh nice story dude.

[@tomhaupt5238]

Max sounds desperate

[@unit0033]

hes full of shit

[@marsrover0]

Is john Italian?

[@chrisfroehler5315]

Max - Montreal, QC Canada 30:32

[@spookyariel1]

What a tool.

[@chrisfroehler5315]

Tiger - Denver, CO 53:00

[@piecrumbs9951]

You could've just put it all in one comment lol

[@jameswest8280]

Why are the members bored?

[@unit0033]

Max= crazy

[@LPCLASSICAL]

Steven just dodges all the hard questions. If god tells him to go and kill his father he should do it since god is the author of morality - what he says - goes.

[@unit0033]

steven sounds quite far gone

[@BrianBattles]

God people never seem to have a good reason to believe in god.

[@danjohnson8138]

.... Now, 2000 more reasons to not like danesh 🙄

[@phxsunfan]

Cringy Steven asking these dudes on a date

[@LPCLASSICAL]

I would have said I don't hang out with theists who dodge questions